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Is there any reason to get an Intel chip if you’re just gaming? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I see people constantly recommend the 7700X/7800X3D if you’re primarily gaming and an Intel chip if you’re doing both gaming and productivity tasks. Even I make that recommendation based on the benchmarks I’ve seen.

That got me thinking though. Are there any reasons to get an Intel chip if your primary use case is gaming? I’m not trying to dig at Intel, I genuinely want to know if there’s anything I’ve overlooked about Intel chips regarding their gaming performance and factors around them. Maybe more future proof thanks to the extra cores for when games inevitably start using more cores.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Idle consumption is generally lower with the Intel chips, especially with C-states on. So if you don't do anything but game infrequently and mostly just do general low intensity productivity tasks, most 12th-14th gen Intel CPUs will have much better average power efficiency than Zen 4 variants.